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andesite en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /ˈæn.dəˌsaɪt/
  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /ˈæn.dɪˌsaɪt/

Etymology

Etymology tree English Andes Proto-Indo-European *-tósder. Ancient Greek -της (-tēs)der. Ancient Greek -ῑ́της (-ī́tēs)der. Latin -ītēslbor. French -iteder. English -ite English andesite From Andes + -ite.

Meanings

  1. (countable, uncountable) Any of a class of fine-grained intermediate igneous rock, of volcanic origin, containing mostly plagioclase feldspar.

Forms

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andesites Number=Plur lexicographic

Deriveds

andesitic · meta-andesite

Translations (16)

el ανδεσίτης (any of a class of fine-grained intermediate igneous rock) · de Andesit (any of a class of fine-grained intermediate igneous rock) · mi kōkawa (any of a class of fine-grained intermediate igneous rock) · ru андези́т (any of a class of fine-grained intermediate igneous rock) · fi andesiitti (any of a class of fine-grained intermediate igneous rock) · eo andezito (any of a class of fine-grained intermediate igneous rock) · ja 安山岩 (any of a class of fine-grained intermediate igneous rock) · pl andezyt (any of a class of fine-grained intermediate igneous rock) · pt andesito (any of a class of fine-grained intermediate igneous rock) · it andesite (any of a class of fine-grained intermediate igneous rock) · id andesit (any of a class of fine-grained intermediate igneous rock) · tr andezit (any of a class of fine-grained intermediate igneous rock) · pt andesita (any of a class of fine-grained intermediate igneous rock) · pt andesite (any of a class of fine-grained intermediate igneous rock) · cmn 安山岩 (any of a class of fine-grained intermediate igneous rock) · fr andésite (any of a class of fine-grained intermediate igneous rock)